SCORE performance in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union: MONICA and HAPIEE results.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) scale assesses 10 year risk of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on conventional risk factors. The high-risk SCORE version is recommended for Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU), but its performance has never been systematically assessed in the region. We evaluated SCORE performance in two sets of population-based CEE/FSU cohorts.

Methods and results

The cohorts based on the World Health Organization MONitoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease (MONICA) surveys in the Czech Republic, Poland (Warsaw and Tarnobrzeg), Lithuania (Kaunas), and Russia (Novosibirsk) were followed from the mid-1980s. The Health, Alcohol, and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe

SUBMITTER: Vikhireva O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3938861 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature